Solid-state D102 dye sensitized/poly(3-hexylthiophene) hybrid solar cells on flexible Ti substrate

Renewable Energy

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-28

  Xue, Zhaosheng ^a,b   Wang, Long ^b   Liu, Wei ^a,b   Liu, Bin ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Flexible; Hybrid solar cell; Metal substrate; Poly(3 hexylthiophene); Rear side illumination; Solid state dye sensitized solar cells

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CATHODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES;

FLEXIBLE; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; METAL SUBSTRATE; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

SUBSTRATES;

ABSORBANCE; DYE; FUEL CELL; GLASS; OPTIMIZATION; PLATINUM; POLYMER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SCATTERING; SOLAR POWER; SUBSTRATE; TITANIUM;

EID: 84904134610     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.06.043     Document Type: Article

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